The advent of the sample survey in the social sciences

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-189

  Brunt, L ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Census; History of statistics; Sample survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008371320     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00270     Document Type: Article

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